Overtaxed
New Member
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2016
- Messages
- 367
- Location
- Gaffney, SC
- Tractor
- Kioti NX6010, JD 2720 w/46BH, Honda Pioneer 1000
So, I have what looks like a tree farm in my front yard, and I've tried a few things to make it easier to mow, but, somebody else must have this problem. There's got to be a good attachment to make this easy.
Total area is about 10 acres. All the trees are in rows, which makes it easy to run down the rows, but, mowing in between them is a days work with my bush hog and it's a terrible job, weaving, back and forth (backing into the trees to cut close to them). Last year, I bought a Woodmaxx mower that they don't make anymore that has a floating "disk" that bounces around and mows between the trees. However, the mower has problems, it works fine on totally flat land but my land isn't, and that means that I spend a lot of time dealing with the mower in the dirt. I thought this would be the end-all for this problem, but it's so slow because I have to go at basically <1MPH to keep the mower out of the dirt. Here's to mower to get an idea of what I have:
(DEPOSIT) FMX-6 Hs PTO Finish Mower with Hydraulic Side Shift
So, what to do? I'm thinking of selling this mower and buying something else, or, alternately, figuring out a way to modify this mower to work for me. Problem is, the mower is too small; I can't get it far enough out to the side of my tractor to make it "easy" to mow (basically, I have to be <6in from the trees to get around them with the FM-60). So, I'd need to figure out a way to get the mower further outside the tire tracks, AND figure out a way to get the mower up in the air high enough to keep it out of the dirt. Might be doable, but it's not gonna be easy. I'm thinking of selling this mower and seeing if there's a better solution.
I'm eyeballing the DR trimmer mower (I know, it's a DR product, not my favorite); I like it because it's gas powered, so I could tow it behind my ATV and have another person on the tractor with the bush hog at the same time. Also, it uses strings instead of blades, which means that I wouldn't have the "in the dirt" problem as badly. However, it just doesn't look that "solid" to me. I, however, haven't seen any other self powered options that are designed for an ATV, and, of course, it's cheap, so both of them have me interested.
I've also looked at some PTO powered options, the Wright Fence mower looks really nice, but it seems to "hit hard" and, of course, now I can't run 2 machines at once.
Anyone have any good ideas? Besides a 200 gallon PTO sprayer and a lot of Roundup? I think I've seen all the options online, but would love to hear some good/bad other experiences. Any more "commercial" self powered trimmers like the DR?
Total area is about 10 acres. All the trees are in rows, which makes it easy to run down the rows, but, mowing in between them is a days work with my bush hog and it's a terrible job, weaving, back and forth (backing into the trees to cut close to them). Last year, I bought a Woodmaxx mower that they don't make anymore that has a floating "disk" that bounces around and mows between the trees. However, the mower has problems, it works fine on totally flat land but my land isn't, and that means that I spend a lot of time dealing with the mower in the dirt. I thought this would be the end-all for this problem, but it's so slow because I have to go at basically <1MPH to keep the mower out of the dirt. Here's to mower to get an idea of what I have:
(DEPOSIT) FMX-6 Hs PTO Finish Mower with Hydraulic Side Shift
So, what to do? I'm thinking of selling this mower and buying something else, or, alternately, figuring out a way to modify this mower to work for me. Problem is, the mower is too small; I can't get it far enough out to the side of my tractor to make it "easy" to mow (basically, I have to be <6in from the trees to get around them with the FM-60). So, I'd need to figure out a way to get the mower further outside the tire tracks, AND figure out a way to get the mower up in the air high enough to keep it out of the dirt. Might be doable, but it's not gonna be easy. I'm thinking of selling this mower and seeing if there's a better solution.
I'm eyeballing the DR trimmer mower (I know, it's a DR product, not my favorite); I like it because it's gas powered, so I could tow it behind my ATV and have another person on the tractor with the bush hog at the same time. Also, it uses strings instead of blades, which means that I wouldn't have the "in the dirt" problem as badly. However, it just doesn't look that "solid" to me. I, however, haven't seen any other self powered options that are designed for an ATV, and, of course, it's cheap, so both of them have me interested.
I've also looked at some PTO powered options, the Wright Fence mower looks really nice, but it seems to "hit hard" and, of course, now I can't run 2 machines at once.
Anyone have any good ideas? Besides a 200 gallon PTO sprayer and a lot of Roundup? I think I've seen all the options online, but would love to hear some good/bad other experiences. Any more "commercial" self powered trimmers like the DR?